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Edinburgh Playhouse

Built as a cinema in 1929 and refurbished in 1980, this is now Scotland's largest performance space, with a capacity of 3059. That's about 1000 more than can comfortably be seated and 2000 more than they have toilet provision for. It's run by ATG, Ambassador Theatre Group.

  • Wheelchair accessible
Address
18-22 Greenside Place EH1 3AA

Listing from Wikivoyage: Edinburgh/New Town, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Location and details from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

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Updated 27 Sept 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.